Experiences & Stays Yurakucho Standing Bar Guide: How to Drink Like a Tokyo Salaryman
Standing bars in the 1910 brick arches at Yurakucho: four shops, how tachinomi works, why one of them takes cards, and where the polished half starts.
2026-07
Experiences & Stays 
Pilgrimage & Events Tokyo Goshuin Guide: How to Collect Shrine Stamps at 4 Shrines
What a goshuin costs in 2026, why some shrines hand you a pre-written slip instead of writing in your book, and the reception hours at Kanda Myojin, Imado, Hie and Hanazono.
Shopping & Merch Guide Akihabara Anime & Manga Goods Guide: 4 Stores for Otaku Shopping
Akihabara is the default answer to “where do I buy anime merch in Tokyo,” and it earns that reputation many times over....
Shopping & Merch Guide Akihabara Retro Game Shop Guide: 4 Stores for Classic Console Hunting
Friends Akihabara closed in 2024 and still appears on almost every English list. The 4 retro game shops actually worth your time in 2026, what each one is strong on, where Trader moved to, and the landmarks that changed name.
Shopping & Merch Guide Akihabara Maid Cafe Guide: What It Actually Costs, and the Touts (2026)
What an hour in an Akihabara maid cafe really costs, why the street touts are legal, how maid cafes differ from concept cafes, and the famous names that have moved or closed — including the one every guide has at the wrong address.
Shopping & Merch Guide Ikebukuro Otome Road Guide: Where BL and Otome Shopping Actually Is (2026)
Otome Road in Ikebukuro, verified for 2026: which K-BOOKS halls still exist, why the district is two blocks and not one, the 12:00-20:00 window that catches visitors out, and the shops other English guides still list years after they closed.
Shopping & Merch Guide Akihabara Doujinshi & Zine Shop Guide: Where to Buy Now Toranoana Has Gone (2026)
Toranoana left Akihabara entirely between 2021 and 2022, and most English guides have not noticed. The six shops that actually sell doujinshi now, which floor to go to, how Comiket week changes the hours, and what closed.
Shopping & Merch Guide Tokyo Record Shops: 4 Essentials, Plus 16 More by Neighbourhood (2026)
Four shops worth crossing Tokyo for, then dig by neighbourhood: 7 in Shibuya, 5 in Koenji, 4 in Shimokitazawa. Grading, obi and getting records home.
Shopping & Merch Guide Shimokitazawa Vintage Clothing Guide: Tokyo’s Biggest Secondhand Scene
Around 150 secondhand shops sit within 200 metres of Shimokitazawa Station, which is why most guides give up and list everything. The four worth starting with, what opened since 2025, and how it compares with Koenji.
Shopping & Merch Guide Koenji Vintage Clothing Guide: Where Tokyo’s Thrifters Actually Shop
Koenji is Tokyo’s densest secondhand district. The vintage shops worth your afternoon, with what each stocks, what it costs and which street to walk first.